The
pongal 2014 rural mass entertainer
movie Veeram starring Thala
ajith and
tamannaah and helmed by Siva, after a hiatus from
tamil post the successful
karthi starrer Siruthai was the
blockbuster of the year and gave a stunning image makeover for Thala.
The
hindi remake of Veeram has been announced to be titled as Bachchan Pandey starring
akshay kumar and this was his character name in the disastrous Tashan. Bachchan Pandey will be helmed by Farhad Samji and bankrolled by
sajid nadiadwala and targets a
christmas 2020 release. Bollywood actor
akshay kumar, known better in the 90s as Khiladi Kumar, as the action
hero, had turned to
comedy, and scored several comic
success ventures like Hera Pheri, Garam Masala, and many other movies, and he had slowly and steadily risen the ladder to become one of the most successful heroes of
bollywood over the years.